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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Firearms: gun violence restraining orders."
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description: "Existing law allows a court to issue an order restraining an individual from possessing a firearm for the duration of the order. Existing law allows the court to issue a temporary emergency gun violence restraining order on an ex parte basis if the possession of a firearm by the subject of the petition poses an immediate and present danger. Existing law requires a law enforcement officer who requests a temporary emergency gun violence restraining order to take certain steps, including filing a copy of the order with the court as soon as practicable after issuance."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "AB 2617"
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citation: "California AB 2617 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Firearms: gun violence restraining orders."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gabriel"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2020-02-20"
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last_action: "2020-09-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2dc21ce-cae6-490d-86c9-6ccf797697e5"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2617"
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source_hash: "299c44d1b7070ac45ceb5b774fa365a4258b1b71a487f3f1b2621d2ab65d4ccf"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2617 (20192020) — Firearms: gun violence restraining orders.
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Existing law allows a court to issue an order restraining an individual from possessing a firearm for the duration of the order. Existing law allows the court to issue a temporary emergency gun violence restraining order on an ex parte basis if the possession of a firearm by the subject of the petition poses an immediate and present danger. Existing law requires a law enforcement officer who requests a temporary emergency gun violence restraining order to take certain steps, including filing a copy of the order with the court as soon as practicable after issuance.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/20/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2617&version=20190AB261799INT)
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2. **05/06/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2617&version=20190AB261798AMD)
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3. **07/09/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2617&version=20190AB261797AMD)
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4. **07/28/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2617&version=20190AB261796AMD)
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5. **09/29/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2617&version=20190AB261794CHP)
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6. **AB2617** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2617)
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7. **09/01/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2617&version=20190AB261795ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 2617 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2617 Gabriel Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Special Consent AB2617 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Gabriel — primary (person)
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- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
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- Berman — coauthor (person)
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- Bonta — coauthor (person)
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- Friedman — principal coauthor (person)
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- Gipson — coauthor (person)
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- Gloria — coauthor (person)
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- Jackson — principal coauthor (person)
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- Levine — coauthor (person)
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- Limón — coauthor (person)
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- Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
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- Mark Stone — coauthor (person)
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- McCarty — coauthor (person)
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- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
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- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
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- Santiago — coauthor (person)
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- Wicks — coauthor (person)
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- Wiener — coauthor (person)
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- Wood — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
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- **2020-03-02** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2020-05-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2020-05-07** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-05-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2020-06-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2020-06-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4769.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2020-06-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2020-07-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-07-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
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- **2020-07-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
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- **2020-08-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2020-08-13** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2020-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2020-08-25** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2020-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4382.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2020-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2020-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5357.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2020-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2020-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 286, Statutes of 2020.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2dc21ce-cae6-490d-86c9-6ccf797697e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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